Candy Evans
Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.
Just so you know you heard it hear, first: in the next couple of weeks you will see Carole King’s 128 acre private Idaho paradise known as Robinson Bar Ranch everywhere — USA Today, etc. as the PR blitz gets hot. The prize property near Ketchum, Idaho has been reduced to $11.9 million (it was originally…
This is a good way to gauge where you should buy your second home if you plan on leasing it to supplement income. As you probably know, the sluggish, morose economy continues to drag down the travel industry: one publication I know ceased their entire travel section due to lack of ads. But there is one segment…
Remember Robb & Stucky, that huge furniture mecca up at Legacy and the North Dallas Tollway? As you probably know, Robb & Stucky filed for bankruptcy earlier this year and closed their stores across the U.S. including, of course, the one in Dallas. Friends at the Legacy store told me they were the only profitable…
If it were possible to kidnap a house, I’d be down in North Oak Cliff in a heartbeat with a truck. Actually, I want the fireplace and I want it NOW! When I first saw the listing, which is new, I about died. I emailed the agent feverishly and asked who the interior designers were…
A national real estate editor has asked me for help in locating weird houses across the country. She asked me to help her with Dallas. Putting my thinking cap on, these are the Dallas homes that first come to mind: The underground earth house on Buckner. The Scientology Church House, 1850 North Buckner The Workman…
